VILLA CARDS1985-1989

Football cards (and for that matter, stickers) went into decline in the 1980s, not least because of the absence of Topps, who for many years had been giving out cards with their gum products, and whose withdrawal left the idea almost defunct. And Villa's fortunes also slumped, with a depressing visit back to Division 2, just six years after they'd won the European Cup. Graham Taylor to the rescue, as Villa almost won the League in 1989-90...